Turn HTML and CSS into a hosted CMS in seconds

By Tanya Combrinck
( netmag )
published

Place your code into Dropbox and Cloud Cannon fixes it so your clients can add content and edit their live site

It really is that simple: Cloud Cannon uses the Dropbox API to make your site live and editable straight away. All you need to do is add class="editable" to every div that should be so, and put your files into Dropbox. Your clients can then add their content and make their edits directly in the browser. It works with HTML, CSS and JavaScript, and there’s no need to anything special beyond adding this class. It works fine with things like Wufoo, Dreamweaver, MailChimp and so on.

It really is that simple: Cloud Cannon uses the Dropbox API to make your site live and editable straight away. All you need to do is add class="editable" to every div that should be so, and put your files into Dropbox. Your clients can then add their content and make their edits directly in the browser.

It works with HTML, CSS and JavaScript, and there’s no need to anything special beyond adding this class. It works fine with things like Wufoo, Dreamweaver, MailChimp and so on.

The service costs $5 per month for one site, all the way up to $49 per month for 20 websites.

We haven’t heard from anyone who has used it yet, but it looks like a major time-saver to us. Let us know in the comments if you have experimented with Cloud Cannon!

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Tanya Combrinck
Tanya Combrinck

Tanya is a writer covering art, design, and visual effects. She has 16 years of experience as a magazine journalist and has written for numerous publications including 3D World, 3D Artist, ImagineFX, Computer Arts, net magazine, and Creative Bloq. For Creative Bloq, she mostly writes about web design, including the hottest new tools, as well as 3D artwork and VFX.

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